by NUNAverse | Jul 7, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor knows how concerns over who has jurisdiction of Native lands can swing an election. O’Connor lost his bid for a full term as Oklahoma’s top law enforcement officer on June 28 to...
by NUNAverse | Jul 6, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves on their own territory,...
by NUNAverse | Jul 2, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) budget task force says a fundamental change is needed in the way federal funding is allocated to tribes. So NCAI is developing principles for Congress to consider. Tribal leaders repeatedly have...
by NUNAverse | Jul 1, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, Mohegan Chief Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba, the nation’s first Native U.S. treasurer, comes from a line of chiefs who instilled in her the need to keep her tribe healthy and to survive. Now Malerba, 68, will bring that mindset to two new jobs in...
by NUNAverse | Jun 30, 2022 | Daily Media Clips
Good Morning, NUNAverse, The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Oklahoma can prosecute non-Native people for crimes committed on tribal land when the victim is Native. The 5-4 decision cut back on the high court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma in 2020 that said a...
